Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/08/30/07:19:59
On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, John Sabean wrote:
> Patrick Jenkins wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 11:06:39 -0400, John Sabean <docmani AT eng DOT umd DOT edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Raja Vallee-Rai wrote:
> >
> > >If you want a DOS PPP packet driver, there is full instructions on
> > >how to set it up anywhere where you can download KALI.
> >
> > also, search for Quakeppp. There is a free one if you can find it.
> >
> > >As for using the Win95 TCP stack, thats tricky. The only software
> > >I've seen that uses DJGPP to do that is Quake. So, it is in fact,
> > >possible to do this, however, I've looked long and hard for the
> > >information on how to do this and have come up with nothing.
> >
> > Maybe the qlauch.exe is a win95 console mode program (that can access
> > win95 tcp) which in turn spawns (this the right word?) the actual
> > quake.exe. Wouldn't quake then be able to address the tcp stack?
>
> It would make sense, but you would need a mechanism for the two programs
> to communicate information. I'm not a Win95 programmer, so I really
> don't
> know what mechanisms exist. Is there anyway for a Win95 console mode
> program
> to communicate with a DOS program? I know data can be exchanged through
> the clipboard, but that sounds really messy.
It appears to me that there is a win95 program (probably console) along
with 2 DLL's and one VXD. I believe the VXD, DLL's and the win95 program
probably setup an interrupt to accept input which is routed through the
tcp/ip stack and put output in a buffer accessible by the interrupt.
This interrupt is, of course, accessible to any dos program. Therefore a
DJGPP-compiled program has no more difficulty using it than it would
reading from the hard drive.
If my memory serves correctly another company made this interface and Id
software is only licensing their technology.
-Sam
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